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Using coupon codes is one of those things that many people are ambiguous about — should they do it, or should they not? I say why not save some money, but only as long as you don’t spend too much time looking for those coupons. It’s not really a saving if you spend an hour to find a coupon and then save 10 cents off something, is it? So, like most other posts on here, this one gives some tips on how to do things quickly and efficiently – because after all, time is money!

There is a chrome extension called Honey, which is great for this kind of stuff. Once you install that, it’ll basically pop-up right when you are checking out on some online store, and run through a gamut of codes it finds all over the web and then applies the one to your cart that saves you the most money. You can’t get any more efficient than that!

Then there are many other sites dedicated to the purpose of providing codes, such as RetailMeNot. But they don’t necessarily have codes for everything. So what I like to do is to simply type in exactly what I am looking for – for example “Petchatz coupon code” and then checkout the first few sites that come up. I almost always very quickly find a way to save a few bucks off my purchase.

What is speed gifting you ask? Well, it’s the art of quickly and efficiently finding gifts for everyone. Most people are super busy, and getting appropriate gifts for everyone is not always easy. Yet you’ll often see that some are better than others at being efficient at this.

Especially around holiday time, finding appropriate gifts for everyone that you need or want to give something to, becomes nothing short of a big challenge. So here are a few tips on how to do this in the most painless and quick manner:

Make Proper Lists:

One of the best ways to be efficient in make lists of people who you want to give gifts to. It often helps to group them in categories – family, work, helpers, etc. Then buy all the gifts for one group of people together. Often, you can even buy multiples of the same thing for different people in one group.

Think Food:

Here is one tip with which you can pretty much not go wrong. Give gifts that taste good – chocolate, cakes, cheeses etc. This tip works great when you are getting presents for people you don’t know very well, such as colleagues. Just make sure you don’t get something for someone that they are allergic to!

Personalize It:

Think of one gift – say a phone case – and then customize it for a bunch of different people. So rather than thinking of different gifts to give each person, you can just think of one gift and repeat it. But because you are personalizing it, you are really giving each person a unique gift. And the best part is that such a gift will be particularly appreciated as being exclusive and thoughtful.

Think About Who You Are Buying The Gift For:

People often shop during rush hour or in a department store sale. One thing that sets the efficient ones apart from regular shoppers is that they know at first look which gift is for whom. It’s not really practice, but rather intuition or feeling about who likes what. Of course one must already know who the person is who will be receiving the gift. Do they like home or bath decor? Do they like cooking? Do they enjoy golf? That one aspect of knowing what someone likes can help you do speed gifting since you already have an idea what this person might like or love to receive from you as a gift.

Speed gifting makes a lot of sense for presents for family members such as nieces, siblings, cousins and or any other relatives because you have the kind of relationship already built up and you most likely keep in touch with each other. That means that you already have some idea about what type of gift they might like.

The bottom line is that the ability to shop fast and efficiently without fail or without forgetting another person’s gift can save you a lot of time, as well as get you a lot of brownie points!

What is Speed Reading?

Reading is an activity which uses mostly of your eye, ears and brain. This has to do with the coordination of your senses to comprehend the words, phrases or text you are reading. Well, speed reading on the other hand uses these senses not in a normal way and far more powerful and more efficiently. Using the coordination of the brain and the eyes into a much faster effort might be a tricky one at first. You may be able to read and speak the phrase or article out load, but if you needed comprehension then you might as well consider some tips and techniques on doing the proper speed reading. Mostly speed reading is done by busy people, like business man who reads articles in newspaper but are preparing for work at the same time or taking his/her breakfast, some might say students who are trying to study really quick for examination or test and others might just be innate talent that are able to speed read without doing in purpose.

Learning Speed Reading

It is very important for people to learn speed reading and develop speed reading capabilities whether you are a business person or for education purposes. For future remembrance, people need to absorb vast amount of information as well as understand them. But if their comprehension is slow, then learning or making some practice on speed reading will be essential. One recommended tip is to take it slow. Yes, you heard me right, in order to build up momentum and get used with the speed, one must take it slowly. Practice is still the best way to achieve the highest performance of speed reading. One might say it is old school, but it is effective. Doing speed reading is not just reading the words faster, but understanding the context even faster. Another method is to look for some speed reading apps which can help you more enhance your speed reading abilities. We will discuss about these apps in the next section.

Speed Reading Applications

So basically, these are mobile apps whether android or iOS, that help you develop your speed reading skills. These can be in a form of tutorials, guide books or practice modules. There are quite a lot of speed reading apps that can be found in the internet, and these are really helpful for newbies and beginners. Starters can learn a lot and enhance their skills much further. The apps are easy to use and most likely have same features so people will not get confused. Which particular app to use just depends on the person’s preference.

Today, the world has become so busy that anyone hardly has the time for anything at all. It seems like the 24 hours in a day are not enough to get done with all the things that need to get done. So here we are going to discuss various ways in which you can do things faster, get more efficient, and get more out of your day.